[Porsche-O-Phile]

Completely right. One of the commonly-recited slogans of the NRA is that "if you outlaw guns, only outlaws will have guns". While simplistic, completely true.

Law enforcement is becoming about as self-serving as the teachers' unions. They don't like the idea of an empowered, strong, self-sufficient, armed populace because it undermines our dependence on them. Nothing more going on here. They simply want "them" to be the only people in society that the rest of us weak, feeble, disarmed, dependent sheep depend on. It's partly ego-stroking/self-aggrandizement and part looking out for their own job security at the expense of everyone else's liberty and freedom. I ain't buying into the ruse for a second.